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1) I learned that the speakers all used techniques in their speeches to establish
trust and a sense of ease with the audience before getting into their
topics.
Usually through humor.
2) This approach continued and, the speakers would also find ways
to make themselves
identifiable, but not controversial. General Franks, I believe had to walk
this the best in
order for his messages to get a chance at being heard. He knew where the
"hot" spots
were going to come up for people in the audience ahead of time, and
worked
on communicating in a disarming way, he also made sure he was disarming in
speaking
about himself, and he would use the common thread of being an American in
these times as
an irrefutable place of common ground between himself and the audience. By
preparing for
places that the audience might reject his messages, and by working on
making himself a
likeable figure, he was able to stay on topic, and gave himself as much of
an advantage
as he could on getting his messages heard.
3) The speakers I heard, all decided for themselves what success was to them,
and set goals
to achieve that success. They all pointed to mistakes they made along the
way, in helping
them redefine what was important.
In conclusion: 3 things to work on.
Let some humor in
Find common ground
Recognize mistakes and redefine what is important in
keeping with goals
Thank you,
Liz
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